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4 Mar 2010, 9:22 am by Kara Scannell
The case isn’t the recently settled matter involving Bank of America (click here), where the bank agreed to resolve proxy disclosure issues by paying a $150 million penalty and undertaking a list of governance changes. [read post]
In the earliest days of financialization, control over corporations was largely exercised by the respected leaders of the banking houses, epitomized by J.P. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 11:47 am by Greenberg & Bederman
There was no corporate regulation, so if you happened to own a small bank or oil company there was nothing preventing one of the giants from forcing you out of business, sometimes with means involving actual physical violence. [read post]
In addition, boards and compensation committees should be aware of executive compensation practices that institutional investors and proxy advisory firms frown upon (such as tax gross-ups and “golden coffins” providing post-death benefits) and those that they advocate, such as “hold-through-retirement” provisions and “clawback” policies. c. [read post]
Many of you know that, at the end of last year, I voiced my concern that the draft legislation would weaken protections developed from the lessons learned about corporate governance after Enron and Worldcom. [3] One loophole in the bill that exemplifies this is the provision that would exempt 50% of all US public companies from having an outside audit of their internal controls. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 6:05 am by Hal Scott, Harvard Law School,
This post is based on Professor Scott’s recent testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing And Urban Affairs, omitting footnotes. [read post]
8 Jan 2010, 7:46 am by admin
Mozilo sold Countrywide to Bank of America at a price that, although down 80%+ from Countrywide's 2006 levels, is nevertheless now judged a substantial overpayment. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 6:48 pm
And from that point forward "they" said: "What's good for Wall Street is good for America," and "You can't have Main Street without Wall Street". [read post]
1 Nov 2009, 8:12 pm
They have been disallowed from reaping the myriad benefits that savings accounts and electronic banking afford to more financially endowed individuals. [read post]
31 Oct 2009, 4:06 pm by admin
EPA settles with the GATX Corporation for failing to notify authorities after 2008 ammonia release. [read post]
22 Oct 2009, 6:02 am
  Boards and compensation committees should evaluate their companies’ compensation practices and policies in light of the current environment, including the strong possibility of federal legislation requiring an advisory vote on executive compensation, or “say on pay. [read post]
12 Oct 2009, 6:01 am
The resolution got 33.4 percent support at Bank of America and 28.4 percent at Citigroup, but only 8.4 percent at JPMorgan Chase. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 3:59 pm by David Doniger
 (The Finance Committee will develop the border measure language.) [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 6:19 am
Many of these directors might not have received majority support without the benefit of broker discretionary votes. [read post]